GUILLAUX'S FLYING TIME
MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY, ' By Telesrapjv- Vices Association—Copyist', '."" ' Sydney, , July 20,' M. Guillaux's flying time for the 58? rnijes was. a, little, over nine hours, tho average, being sixty-;four miles an.hQur, Hβ pijde seyen intermediate stops. succession of storms, heavy rain, Intense cold, and difficulty in piloting the nijiohinq over unknown country proved serious setbacks, .At various points,. M. Guillaux rose to gre.at altitudes— up to- 15,000ft—in order to try to escape -the stoj'tns, and wa.s ftlm.qst. numbi ed. Ho had to steer by compass, The. journey : b|Ween Hardon and Sydney was perilous the wind, was sq strong and the rain beftt so fiercely that _ thd machine was sometimes nearly capsized.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 5
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113GUILLAUX'S FLYING TIME Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2207, 21 July 1914, Page 5
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